THE SKY’S NO LIMIT: Businessman and child on plane (Photodisc/Getty)

Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry, iPhone, WiFi… we’re a society obsessed with staying connected. Keeping in touch online is everywhere, and the sky is no longer the limit. Airlines are quickly putting WiFi on their in-flight menus, making “I was 30,000 feet in the air” an outdated excuse to your boss. Most major airlines will be offering WiFi on a selection of their fleet by 2010.  Although it is new technology and still in the testing mode, there is already the ubiquitous bad apple. Flight attendants and fellow passengers are voicing outrage and the need for Internet filters to block questionable material from being viewed in such shut up proximity to others. Some need to be reminded that they are going to Dallas, not watching Debbie do it. As quickly as airlines raced to be the first to uncover mile-high WiFi, they are installing filters to stop the viewing of any material that could be deemed non-cabin friendly; both Delta and American, along through numerous others, have already done so.

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Google announced yesterday that it’s partnering with 47 airports around the U.S. to present itself free WiFi to travelers during the busy holiday season, as well as on every Virgin America flight. The search-engine giant is working with Boingo, Advanced Wireless Group, Time Warner Cable, Electronic Media Systems, Lilypad, as well as numerous airports that provide wireless services themselves to power this free holiday e-giveaway. The complimentary Internet connectivity runs from November 10, 2009 through January 15, 2010 (in the airports listed below the jump). But while the Mountain View, California-based company is happy to rebrand itself as Google Ho-Ho-Ho, some commentators are criticizing this as a evidence of a sinister market-research ploy on the part of Google. Whatever the motives, expect a deluge of 140-character “My flight’session delayed…

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